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Apple removes battery indicator

Got to love it. Tons of folks having problems with battery life on the new Mac Books they’ve waited years to get their hands on. Apples response… remove the part of the battery indicator that shows the “time remaining” in a laptop’s charge, saying that those estimates can be inaccurate. What a wanker thing to […]

Uber crash

In a rush to cast doubt on technology, what many articles fail to mention (this one excluded) is that in the recent tragic autonomous Uber incident, there was a safety driver at the wheel who didn’t have time to respond. As with humans, no autonomous system will be full proof If a pedestrian suddenly veers […]

Cree reliability

FYI for anyone looking to upgrade their lighting to LED. I would avoid the Cree light bulbs sold at Home Despot like the plague. About 12 months ago I bought and installed a bunch of them. Over the course of the year, they’ve died like flies… honestly I’m not sure they last any longer than […]